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I wasn’t alive then but I’m very nostalgic about computing and the people pushing it forward in the 70s, Bell Labs, AT&T, Xerox. It’s probably less amazing to
by user3939382 5y ago
I wasn’t alive then but I’m very nostalgic about computing and the people pushing it forward in the 70s, Bell Labs, AT&T, Xerox.
It’s probably less amazing to the people who were there but I look on those times with a sense of great wonder.
- kretaceous 5y agoSame here. I'm listening to & reading a lot of computer history lately. From Knuth, Kernighan, Thompson, Ritchie, Hopper to more 'modern' pioneers like James Gosling, Chris Lattner, David Patterson, Rich Hickey and Rob Pike. I'm just amazed by how much of the foundation of the software world was laid by these brilliant minds. npm install imposter-syndrome
- ngc248 5y agoWe need a series of books which would chart out all of the software, innovations and the people involved during that era. I would definitely buy and read it. The history of that era is really interesting.
- user3939382 5y agoTwo I can recommend are: Where the Wizards Stay Up Late, and The Idea Factory, which cover the history of the Internet and Bell Labs respectively. There’s also Dealers of Lightning which is about Xerox but I haven’t read it yet.